Official UK procurement notice
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Overhead Catenary System
Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHS2 Ltd procured the Overhead Catenary Systems (OCS) design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning from one to cover 469 single track kms, including 250 bridges, 58 viaducts, 47 underbridges, 148 overbridges and 115 culverts. Six passing / maintenance loops/sidings and four complex track junctions.131 point ends, including 99 high-speed turnouts (between 130km/h and 230 km/h), 32 low-medium speed turnouts (up to and including 100km/h), 5 traps or diamonds.
CPV: Construction work for electricity power lines · Engineering design services · Railway construction works · Railway equipment · Transformer substation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1High Speed Two (HS2) Limited ('HS2 Ltd') is the body responsible for developing and…Awarded
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited ('HS2 Ltd') is the body responsible for developing and promoting the new high speed railway system known as High Speed Two (HS2). HS2 will initially run between London and Birmingham (Phase 1).
The Railway Systems tranche of work incorporates a number of critical disciplines for the HS2 Project, including without limitation the design, construction, commissioning and testing of track, overhead catenary, lineside M & E & tunnels, power, signalling and communications.
This procurement relates to Overhead Catenary Systems (OCS), for which HS2 Ltd procured the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning.
The Overhead Catenary Systems covers 469 single track kms, including 250 bridges, 58 viaducts, 47 underbridges, 148 overbridges and 115 culverts. Six passing / maintenance loops/sidings and four complex track junctions. 131 point ends, including 99 high-speed turnouts (between 130km/h and 230 km/h), 32 low-medium speed turnouts (up to and including 100km/h), 5 traps or diamonds.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Evaluation: 70%
- Commercial Evaluation: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Qualification Envelope and Compliance: Pass/Fail
- Foundation Evaluation: Pass/Fail
- Technical Evaluation: 70%
- Commercial Evaluation: 30%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004057- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc77Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colas Rail Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004057-2025-1 · Colas Rail Limited
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Colas Rail LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.